Inkstand



(No Model.)`

A. P. PICHERBAU.

INKSTAND.

No. 417,082. hlatented Dec. 10,1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASAIIEI. l". PICHEREAU, OF GALESBUR-G, ILLINOIS.

INKSTAND.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,082, dated December10, 1889.

Application led September 10, 1889. Serial No. 323,564. (No model.)

To LZZ/ 1.0700771, z'tmay concern:

Be it known that LAsAHEL P. PIOHEREAU,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Galesburg, in the county ofKnox and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and valuableImprovements in Inkstands,of which the following is a specification.

I am well aware that many contrivances and combinations have beeninvented for the purpose of improving on the old ways of buildinginkstands, and my own invention, patented March 20, 1888, No. 379,906,is at present fresh in mind, it having in it the leading principles thatwill be set 'forth and appear in this specitiation; but as I have spentmuch labor and money experimenting, developing, and bringing intopractical use the aforesaid patent, during which time I have added andbrought into practical working order several improvements on theaforesaid patent, therefore, in order that I may secure unto myself whatis rightfully due me, I apply for Letters Patent, and ask that the samebe granted on my new and useful improvements. 1

The new and useful improvements in my invention are the severalinclined-bottom inktroughs about a central cup, which central cup ismade much lower than in my patent of i888 aforesaid, and is to be thereceptacle into which the lower part of the sponge-cup is to fit, whilea rim about said sponge-cup covers said ink-troughs and a slot in theouter edge of said rim provides a dipping-hole, said rim resting on thetop of ,said troughs, while the lower part of said sponge-cup, iittingas an axle into said central cup, which is surrounded by the aforesaidtroughs, can be moved around on said troughs, so that the said slot maybe over any trough or any part of a trough. In the left end of a troughthe ink may be shallow and in the right deep, caused by the inclinedbottom, and such being the condition the writer may acquire the habit oftouching the pen on the bottom of the ink-trough when dipping the pen,and by placing said slot above the required depth at every dipping hemay get just the required 4 amount of iiuid.

l used but one ink-trough to illustrate the inclined-bottom ink-troughprinciple, with a revolving sliding cover. In said revolving slidingcover I used a hole in its rim for the dipping-hole instead of a slot,as I do in my improvements as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.The hole in said rim has proven to be in almost every event too small,for when the pen with very thin ink would be r-ubbed againstits sides itwould cause much ink to adhere to said sides, and it would then find itsway to and about its Irim-cover ing and make a bad daubing messunderneath. The slot is large in said rim and so as to prevent the inkfrom rubbing off the pen when dipped.

Although I used .but one ink-trough in the aforesaid,improvements ininkstands of the year 1888, yet, as I find by experiment that the bottompart of my inkstand can be more and as it is probably more useful whenso made, I have concluded that it is best to construct these bottomswith these several troughs, and if the person using the stand onlywishes but one kind of ink he may place in the other troughs some smallarticles, as pens, stamps, or pins, and when the inkstand is not in useand any trough does not contain ink the dipping-hole slot should beplaced above such a trough. In this my late construction of the coverand sponge-cup of my improvements in inkstands I have made them out ofglass, and have combined the sponge-cup, ink-trough, cover, tbc., sothat the whole is molded and fashioned into but one piece of glass. Thismakes the cost less in manufaeturin g, and also affords a really bettercover for the ink-troughs, and makes the sponge-cup more convenient anduseful. By experimenting I have come to the conclusion that it is betterto construct both parts-bottom and combination-cover of this my im*provement in inkstands-out of crystal flint glass, although othermaterial may be used and can be used. The bottom,although hard to form,can be wrought by the in older into one piece of glass, and as there isno corroding, rusting, dsc., when the entire inkstand, both bottom andcombination-cover, is constructed of glass, and as that material seemseasily made of glass with several troughs,

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lto be both best and cheapest, it has been most used in the constructionof this my late invention and improvements` in inkstands. The slot inthe outer part of the rim-cover is to be so constructed as to have aboutits up- 'per border a collar, so as to be a guide to the pen, and soprevent ink from accumulating on top ot' the cover, caused by a carelessuse of the pen about the dipping-hole.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents the bottom, and Fig. 2the combination cover, of my invention and improvements in inkstands.

Letter et, Fig. l, is at the opening ot' the central cup, and about itare shown three inktroughs d d d, in one of which troughs below7 Z) isshown a quantity of ink. Partitions e c e represent divisions betweensaid three inktroughs, While c c show the incline of the bottoms ofthese troughs.

In Fig. 2, letter g represents the openingof the sponge-cup, While jshows its lower and outer side. f designates the dipping-hole slot inthe outer rim ef the cover, While 't' 1I show the part of the cover thatis to cover the ink in the ink-troughs d (l d, Fig. l.'

Letters h 7L h 7L, Fig. 2, indicate the cones of a pen-holder rack onthe combined cover. Itis made by joining the said cones to the upperpart of the sponge-cup by what may be called braces,affording supportfor the peu-holder when it is placed on these braces behind two of thecones.

In using this improved inkstand place the combination-cover, Fig. 2,over on tlie"bot tom, Fig. l, so that the lower part j of the sponge-cupwill fit. into cup a, and so that that part of the cover t will titclose down on the upper part of cup a, partitions e e e, and ink-troughsd d d of Fig. l. Having so placed the combination-cover, it will easilybe discovered that the lower part 7' of spongecup g, Fig. 2, tits likean axle in cup a, Fig.

l, and consequently that slotf, Fig. 2, can be moved about over the tops'of these circular ink-troughs CZ (l d, Fig. l, with great ease, thepen-holder rack-cones z,v 71, 71 7L, Fig. 2,

affording good leverage points for the moving around of the outer rimot' this combination-cover.

I wish to note here that I do not fix on any certain size for myimproved inkstand or any ot' its parts, nor do I fix on the number ofinclined-bottom ink-troughs about the central cup. The different partsor the Whole stand may be constructed according to the requirements andnecessities of the case. It may be also well to note that theinclination of the bottoms of the ink-troughs may be much or may be butlittle, as the requirements of the case demand.

I do not claim in this my improvements in inkstands an inclined bottomink -trough nearly or quite surrounding a central cup, for that wasanticipated in my patent of March 20, 1888, aforesaid; but.WhatIcanclearlyclaim is the lowering of -said central cup, so that thecombination-cover that I have provided can be fitted onto and into theaforesaid central cup and its encircling ink trough or, troughs, as Ihave explained. As to the combinationcover, I do not claim a sponge-cupfitting' into the central cup that. is nearly encircled by aninclined-bottom ink-trough; nor do I claim a rin'i-covering with adipping-hole through it that can be easily moved about over the top ofsaid ink-trough and around the central cup of the bottom part of theinkstand; nor do I claim a pen-holder rack unconnected 'with thesponge-cup, for such improvements were anticipated in my improvements ininkstands' of March 20, 1888, aforesaid; but

What I do claim as my invention and improvements in inkstands, and wishto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The inkstand-cover having the pen-holder rack and sponge-cup, asdescribed, connected thereto, in combination With the cup a, encircledwith the inclined troughs, as and for the purpose set forth.

ASAHEL P. PIGHEREAU.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. ANDREWS, J. A. BARNETT.

